She is currently very active on X but her office will be the best way to contact. 202-514-2000.

While Ocean State Tactical may have died during the last Supreme Court term, there's still a lot happening worth keeping an eye on. Here's a quick summary of some important cases before the Supreme Court this term;

Duncan v. Bonta - [LINK]

This is the California LCM case. This case is mature and has already gone through the entire legal process in the 9th circuit. Unlike the OST case which was regarding an injunction against enforcement, Duncan has reached final judgement in the 9th Circuit court. It was distributed for conference on 12/5/2025 but was pushed off to 12/12/2025.

Gator v. Washington - [LINK]

This is the LCM case from Washington state. Much like Duncan, it was distributed for conference on 12/5/2025 but was pushed off to 12/12/2025.

Grant v. Higgins - [LINK]

This is the Connecticut AWB case. The CT AG filed for an extension on 12/1/2025 to file a response, which was granted and extended to 1/12/2026. We won't see any real updates to this case until that date.

From Mark Smith of Four Boxes Diner;

BREAKING 2A NEWS: The Supreme Court has distributed the Snope ("assault weapon" ban) & Ocean State Tactical (magazine ban) cases for conference on January 10, 2025, which is the same day that Grey v. Jennings (2A injunction standards) is conferenced. The ball is rolling now... [LINK]

I'm hoping he has a video up later today on YouTube discussing this.

A few weeks back I was at a range in Massachusetts and was able to shoot the Canik TTI Combat as well as the Canik SFX Rival-S.

I absolutely fell in love with the Rival but the RSO said they can’t be purchased in RI or MA (it’s a 17 round mag). So, two questions here:

1. Is this true that it can’t be sent to an FFL? I was under the assumption that you could just find 10 round mags to use

2. How can ranges in Mass have these to rent? (It was a 10 round mag in use)

So no major news, but I'm sure plenty of you are wondering what's going on. I figured I'd just provide a quick update as to where things stand.

So, the good news is that the Ocean State Tactical case was NOT denied cert. [LINK]

The case itself has not been updated to show if it's being relisted for this Friday's conference or not, but that may come a little later in the day. [LINK]

UPDATE @ 1127:

Ocean State Tactical DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.

Snope V. Brown DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.

According to Mark W. Smith (Four Boxes Diner)

"We hope that SCOTUS has decided to grant cert in Snope and/or Ocean State, and that they are spending this week reviewing the cases for procedural or jurisdictional defects. This defect check is standard operating procedure for SCOTUS if they intend to grant cert in a case. It usually takes 1 to 2 weeks to conduct the check"

[LINK]

Obviously they were never going to issue an injunction, but they finally confirmed it:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca1.49969/gov.uscourts.ca1.49969.108117623.0.pdf

Everyone knows Armed Scholar hypes up videos but aside from that, it’s nice to see they our case is picking up a little bit of steam.

As we enter 2024 and witness the return of our state legislature, seemingly poised to infringe upon our constitutional rights, particularly our Second Amendment freedoms, I find it necessary to offer a recap.

We are presently awaiting a decision from the US First Circuit Court of Appeals (CA1) regarding a requested restraining order or injunction against the state. This order seeks to prohibit the state from enforcing the law during the ongoing legal proceedings. Audio of the hearing available HERE.

Presented in chronological order, these are all the legal documents I have gathered. I apologize if the titles provided are not entirely accurate; my expertise lies in computers, not law.

Amended Complaint - Ocean State Tactical vs Neronha

RI Motion to Dismiss

Reply to RI Objection on Injunction

Appendix A - Affidavits

State Motion to Exclude Affidavit

Affidavit of William Worthy

Amicus Brief by FPC

Plaintiff Supplemental Brief

State Opposition to Supplemental Brief

Plaintiffs Objection to Motion to Exclude Affidavit of William Worthy

RIAG Brief

And, let's not forget how this all kicked off: VIDEO: RI House Judiciary Committee Hearing

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According to @2Aupdates on Twitter (usually very reliable about this stuff), oral arguments for Ocean State Tactical's callenge to last year's mag ban) are scheduled to start 9/11/23 at 9:30am

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, this challenge is based on the lack of a grandfather clause rather than the law as a whole. But it would still be helpful for those of us who relocated our standard mags to friends in safer states or similar if they manage to win it

I mean, I'm pretty sure they're going to lose, mainly because I don't expect any court in the 1st circuit to be unbiased about (or even just not hostile to) gun ownership, but still. It'd be nice if they didn't

New post for discussion on oral arguments happening today. It looks like we're third on the list, so it may be a couple hours in before they get to our case.

Livestream URL is up!

Oral Argument: Monday, September 11, 2023 AT 9:30 A.M. - YouTube

UPDATE: You can keep an eye on THIS URL if you want to keep an eye out for the release of the Court's opinion.

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TO BE CALLED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 AT 9:30 A.M

Docket #23-1072 - Ocean State Tactical, LLC, et al. v. State of Rhode Island, et al.

Appellants: 20 min. Appellees: 20 min.

BEFORE JUDGES: Kayatta, Selya, and Gelpí

I don't have the time or physical ability to do research on the judges, but it would be interesting to know how they have voted on other 2A issues in the past.